Peter B. Moyle

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Peter B. Moyle PhD
Peter B. Moyle, (2009)
Born	1942 Minnesota
Occupation	Zoologist; Professor of Biology; 2002—present Associate Director, Center for Watershed Science, University of California-Davis
Known for	Research team leader - documented data sets on the status, distribution, and ecology of native and alien fishes of California; quantified potential impacts of climate change on each species
Website	wfcb.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/moyle-peter
Academic background
Education	1964 University of Minnesota, B.A., Zoology; 1966 Cornell University, M.S., Conservation; 1969 University of Minnesota, PhD, Zoology
Alma mater	University of Minnesota
Academic work
Discipline	Zoology, Conservation, Biology
Institutions	1969—1972 Assistant Professor, Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA; 1972—present Assistant to Full Professor, University of California-Davis;
Main interests	Salmon and other anadromous fishes, ecology and conservation of fishes, impacts of drought on estuarine and freshwater fishes, and impacts of new water management schemes on native fishes

Peter B. Moyle (born 1942 in Minnesota) is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California-Davis. He has studied the ecology and conservation of fishes in freshwater and estuarine habitats in California (US) for over forty years. He has taken a special interest in salmon and various other anadromous fishes. Moyle has authored or co-authored more than 220 publications covering topics such as watersheds, inland fishes, biological invasions, and biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. His primary areas of research include ecosystems, conservation of aquatic species, habitats, and various ecological impacts.

Areas of research

Moyle's primary areas of research include conservation efforts, development of novel aquatic ecosystems, the biology of freshwater and estuarine fishes native to California, and various effects on ecosystems such as that caused by invasions of alien aquatic species. His work has also focused on the effects of drought and climate change on California's rivers and streams, on the ecology and management of floodplains, and applying reconciliation ecology to the San Francisco Estuary.^[1]

Books and other publications

• Moyle, P. B. 2002. Inland Fishes of California. Berkeley: University of California Press 502 pp.
• Moyle, P. B. and J. J. Cech, Jr. 2004. Fishes: an Introduction to Ichthyology. 5th Edition. Prentice-Hall: Upper Saddle River, N. J. 590 pp.
• Mosepele, K., P. B. Moyle, G. S. Merron, D. Purkey, and B. Mosepele. 2009. Fish, floods, and ecosystem engineers: aquatic conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. BioScience 59:53-64
• Lund, J., E. Hanak, W. Fleenor, W. Bennett, R. Howitt, J. Mount, and P. Moyle. 2010 Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Berkeley, University of California Press.
• Marchetti, M. P. and P. B. Moyle. 2010. Protecting life on Earth: an introduction to conservation science. Berkeley: University of California Press. 232 pp
• Hanak, E., J. Lund, A. Dinar, B. Gray, R. Howitt, J. Mount, P. Moyle, and B. Thompson. 2011. Managing California's Water from Conflict to Reconciliation. San Francisco, PPIC. 482 pp.
• Moyle, P.B., J. V. E. Katz and R. M. Quiñones. 2011. Rapid decline of California’s native inland fishes: a status assessment. Biological Conservation 144: 2414-2423.
• Purdy, S.E., P. B. Moyle, and K. W. Tate. 2011. Montane meadows in the Sierra Nevada: comparing terrestrial and aquatic assessment methods. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI 10.10078/s10661-011-2473.
• Moyle, P. B. , W. Bennett, J. Durand, W. Fleenor, B. Gray, E. Hanak, J. Lund, J. Mount. 2012. Where the wild things aren’t: making the Delta a better place for native species. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California. 53 pp.
• Jeffres, C.A. and P.B. Moyle. 2012. When good fish make bad decisions: coho salmon in an ecological trap. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32:87-92.
• Kiernan, J.D., P. B. Moyle, and P. K. Crain. 2012. Restoring native fish assemblages to a regulated California stream using the natural flow regime concept. Ecological Applications. 22:1472-1482.
• Kiernan, J. D., and P. B. Moyle. 2012. Flows, droughts, and aliens: factors affecting the fish assemblage in a Sierra Nevada, California, stream. Ecological Applications 22:1146-1161.
• Börk, K.S. J. F. Krovoza, J. V. Katz, and P. B. Moyle. 2012. The rebirth of California Fish & Game Code 5937: water for fish. University of California Davis Law Review 45: 809-913.
• Carmona-Catot, G., P. B. Moyle, and R. E. Simmons. 2012. Long-term captive breeding does not necessarily prevent reestablishment: lessons learned from Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 22:325-342.
• Katz, J, P. B. Moyle, R. M. Quiñones, J. Israel, and S. Purdy. 2012. Impending extinction of salmon, steelhead, and trout (Salmonidae) in California. Environmental Biology of Fishes. DOI 10.1007/s10641-012-9974-8
• Thompson, L.C., M. I. Escobar, C. M. Mosser, D. R. Purkey, D. Yates, and P.B. Moyle. 2012. Water management adaptations to prevent loss of spring-run Chinook salmon in California under climate change. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 138: 465-478.
• Moyle, P.B., J. D. Kiernan, P. K. Crain, and R. M. Quiñones. 2013. Climate change vulnerability of native and alien freshwater fishes of California: a systematic assessment approach. PLoS One http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063883
• Quiñones R. M., M. Holyoak, M. L. Johnson, and P. B. Moyle. 2014. Potential factors affecting survival differ by run-timing and location: linear mixed-effects models of Pacific salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) in the Klamath River, California. PLoS ONE 9(5): e98392. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098392
• Moyle, P.B., A. D. Manfree, and P. L. Fiedler. 2014. Suisun Marsh: Ecological History and Possible Futures. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Moyle, P.B., R. M. Quiñones, J.V.E. Katz, and Jeff Weaver. 2014 (in press). Fish Species of Special Concern in California. Sacramento: California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

References

1. "Peter B. Moyle". UCDavis - Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

External links

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